True Martial World - Chapter 376: Evil Yi Yun

"About the alliance..." The steward began to think through his words, "Now, the family is indeed facing such a choice, and there is quite a number of upper echelon elders who are leaning towards it..."

When the steward said this, Yi Yun's heart sank. They were really going into an alliance!

He had just come to the Tian Yuan world, and his strength was still relatively tiny in this world. Did he have to travel the world by himself? If he did, he might even have to face the possibility of the Shentu family clan’s deathly pursuits!

"They are leaning towards it? What are those old fools thinking? The Shentu family clan is not any good. Is allying with them not the equivalent of asking a tiger for its skin?"

Su Jie immediately cursed.

The steward smiled bitterly, "Elder Su, let me say my piece. Actually, this matter is related to you..."

"Oh? Related to me?" Su Jie was shocked.

"To be precise, it has to do with your disciple, Miss Xintong..."

Lin Xintong?

Yi Yun's heart thumped, was this related to Lin Xintong previously being summoned home?

And following that, the steward's next words verified Yi Yun's guesses.

"Elder Su, you naturally know the matter of Miss Xintong's meridians..."

The steward glanced at Yi Yun, intending to mince his words. He did not want to discuss Lin Xintong's problem in front of Yi Yun. However, Su Jie only waved his hand, indicating that he need not worry about Yi Yun, "Just say it directly."

"Oh… Having natural Yin Meridians means that one will die within 500 years of age. It is effectively the end of one's martial path, and it is an incurable disease."

"This meridian state is a curse from Heaven, however… Once someone is able to defy heaven and join up the natural Yin Meridians, then an incredible metamorphosis will occur. In ancient times, there was a peerless Great Empress who managed to reverse the situation of her natural Yin Meridians, and her cultivation level skyrocketed, becoming the number one person of her generation. Her strength was unfathomable… It was rumored that the Great Empress was much stronger than our Lin family's grand elder and the Shen Tu's Ancestor of our time..."

"And about two years ago, the Shentu family clan found an ancient Desolate Heaven technique in a mystic realm, and it is suspected of being related to the peerless Great Empress..."

"The Shentu family clan believes that this ancient Desolate Heaven technique is able to join up Miss Xintong's terminated meridians. Thus the upper echelons of the family summoned her back."

"However, the family's upper echelons are still doubtful of this technique. Although it is really an ancient Desolate Heaven technique recipe, it cannot be confirmed that it was left behind by that peerless Great Empress. And… even if the recipe really can cure the natural Yin Meridians the family's upper echelons do not believe that the Shentu family clan has the ability to guarantee that they will be able to refine this desolate bone relic..."

When the steward said this, Su Jie was stunned.

Over the past few years, he had brought Lin Xintong around to many places, but he had failed to find a way to join up her natural Yin Meridians.

Now, the Shentu family clan had declared that they found a Desolate Heaven technique recipe related to the ancient Great Empress, how could this not surprise Su Jie?

Previously, Lin Xintong may have been a direct child of the Lin family and a genius not seen in a thousand years, she was greatly loved by the Matriarch. However, because of her naturally terminated meridians, her status in the Lin family was not high.

For the Lin family, with their great heritage, everything went in accordance with the rules. And these rules could only be described as being cold and heartless.

The children of large family clans were always in a state of competition. As Lin Xintong was greatly loved by the Matriarch, it was bound to cause a lot of jealousy. Furthermore with Lin Xintong being destined to a short life, she was essentially a cripple. Hence, she did not live a happy life within the family clan, which was why she went out on training expeditions with Su Jie. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

However… if Lin Xintong's terminated meridians were to be joined up, then her status would be completely different. Once the natural Yin Meridians metamorphosed, Lin Xintong's future would be limitless. This would definitely be a great event for the Lin family's history!

"What are the conditions?"

Su Jie asked in a deep voice. He already had a bad premonition about this. Since the Shentu family clan had such a Desolate Heaven technique recipe, they would not join up Lin Xintong's terminated meridians for nothing. There had to be conditions attached to it.

And there was probably only one condition that would gain the Shentu family clan's trust...

"The condition is to marry Miss Xintong into the Shentu family clan. With that, the Shentu family clan will reap great benefits. As Miss Xintong's body is special, intercourse with a man will be a great opportunity. Especially after Miss Xintong's terminated meridians are joined up, the man that gain's Miss Xintong's primordial Yin will greatly increase his strength by one realm. He may even instantly gain the insight into the laws Miss Xintong knows..."

"As such, the Shentu family clan will have one more peerless expert at the level of the Shentu Patriarch. Under normal circumstances, that person's future would be even stronger than that of the Shentu Patriarch..."

"Furthermore, with Miss Xintong marrying into the Shentu family clan, she would become one of the Shentu family clan. So, the Shentu family clan will then immediately have two peerless experts."

I see...

Yi Yun understood. The ploy the Shentu family clan had was brilliant.

Now the Shentu family clan was vulnerable, once it formed an alliance with the Lin family, it would able to ride out this period of vulnerability.

And following that, they would have one more child who was at least at the level of the Shentu Patriarch, as well as another peerless Great Empress. With that, the Shentu family clan would probably become the number one family in the Tian Yuan world!

"Who is Miss Lin's marriage partner?"

Yi Yun suddenly asked.

Seeing Yi Yun ask him, the steward frowned. He naturally did not feel happy about it. As a main peak's steward, his status was naturally quite high.

He was speaking with Su Jie, yet a young in-name disciple suddenly interjected. Did he not know his manners?

Furthermore, he had called Miss Xintong Miss Lin, was she someone he could address freely like this?

As Su Jie was around, he did not immediately reprimand Yi Yun, but he used an unpleasant tone when he harshly replied, "Of course it's the Shentu family clan's number one hero, Shentu Nantian. Only he is worthy of Miss Xintong."

It was indeed that rascal, Shentu Nantian!

Yi Yun took in a deep breath. Indeed, enemies often cross each other's paths. Although he knew that he would definitely clash with Shentu Nantian when coming to the Tian Yuan world, he never expected for it to be this fast. He had just arrived in the Tian Yuan world and had not even warmed the ground with his steps, but already he ended up being connected with Shentu Nantian again.

"Marrying Lin Xintong, gaining the purest primordial Yin of her pure Yin body, breaking through one huge realm and gaining Lin Xintong's insights into the laws. At the same time, he will gain a peerless Great Empress as a wife, becoming the person in power of the number one family clan in the Tian Yuan world..."

"All of these good things befalling you. If that were to happen, will I not just die from anger?"

Yi Yun's face turned gloomy. He was never a generous man.

He and Jiang Xiaorou had nearly been killed by Shentu Nantian. He had then separated from Jiang Xiaorou because of Shentu Nantian. With this great feud between them, how could Yi Yun watch on helplessly as Shentu Nantian gain all of these benefits and make a meteoric rise?

"It really is that son of a bitch!" Su Jie began swearing. "That kid Shentu Nantian is a wolf in sheep's clothes. He is not a good person, how can Xintong marry him? What is the decision of the Lin family, have they already agreed?"

Su Jie's face was gloomy as he did not have any good impressions of Shentu Nantian.

The steward said, "It has not been decided… but several elders of the upper echelon are leaning towards agreeing to it. As for the elders who are not agreeing to it, they need to see proof of the Shentu family clan's Desolate Heaven techniques. They have to first prove that they have the ability to heal Miss Xintong of her naturally terminated meridians."

The steward's answer was within Su Jie's expectations.

A large family clan has to follow some unreasonable family rules to exist in the Tian Yuan world. And the first family rule was that everything had to place the family's interest at its forefront!

If the family clan could produce a peerless Great Empress, then the Lin family would give up anything to pursue the matter. And the final decision of the Lin family's elders was the highest command which no one could defy!

If the Shentu family clan could really prove that they could heal Lin Xintong of her naturally terminated meridians, then the Lin family would definitely agree to the marriage. It was pointless for anyone to object to it.

Not even ten Su Jies would be enough, let alone one.

Thinking of this, Su Jie sighed. He too was helpless.

He inadvertently glanced back at Yi Yun. He saw that Yi Yun's face was gloomy, but his eyes were sparkling as if he was thinking of something.

"This poor child… He is probably thinking of how to escape..."

Su Jie empathized with Yi Yun. Yi Yun was really unlucky. He was doing well in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom and would have enjoyed immense riches in the future, but the sudden beast horde placed the country on the brink of destruction. It was not easy to have the Shentu family clan come to their rescue, but when they did, he was locked on by Shentu Nantian and barely escaped from the claws of death.

Now, he had come to the Lin family and could have stayed in the Lin family to cultivate safely. He could have relied on the Lin family and not been afraid of Shentu Nantian, after all, the two families were in conflict.

However, he had been placed in a situation where the Lin family was considering allying themselves with the Shentu family clan!

The two family clans had been in conflict for so many years, yet they seemed to have turned into allies over the past two years. When one was unlucky, one could even have one’s teeth stuffed from drinking cold water.

His enemy was about to gain endless amounts of benefits with a large scale opportunity, breaking through in his cultivation and gaining a beauty, he might even one day become the master of the entire Tian Yuan world.

As for Yi Yun, he would become a fugitive again, and would have to endure being endlessly hunted. This was probably one of the worst tragedies of life!

Su Jie sighed. He really found Yi Yun to be pitiful. The current Yi Yun was too weak and had no opportunities to grow.

Under such circumstances, even if Yi Yun had tenacity and perseverance, Su Jie did not believe that Yi Yun would have the ability to change anything.

Even Su Jie himself could not change anything. The decision of the upper echelons of the Lin family was final. This was a matter that directly influenced the future of the Lin family.

Su Jie shook his head and no longer looked at Yi Yun. As for Yi Yun, his eyes were moving as a sinister thought appeared in his mind.

He did not wish to run again. He had had enough of living the life of a fugitive.

For now, not every Lin family elder had agreed, so he still had time.

"Shentu Nantian… If I do not cause trouble for you, then I might as well cripple my own cultivation and become a monk!"

With this thought in mind, several ideas popped up in Yi Yun's head. Even an extremely evil thought suddenly popped up in Yi Yun's mind.

What if I made Shentu Nantian a cuckold?

True Martial World - Chapter 375: Unforeseen Situation

In the southern regions of the Tian Yuan world, there was a mountain range named the Jade Spirit Mountains.

The Heaven Earth Yuan Qi was thick here, giving birth to all sorts of treasures. Large family clans in the Tian Yuan world would always vie for this land.

However, though many families fought over the Jade Spirit Mountains for generations, a foreign family clan suddenly appeared, defeating all the other family clans, before they began thriving in the Jade Spirit Mountains. This family was the Lin family!

The Jade Spirit Mountains had a total of 324 mountain peaks. The Lin family's main branch occupied 18 mountain peaks, while its other branches scattered among the remaining 306 mountain peaks.

As for the exterior perimeter of the Jade Spirit Mountain, there was a vast plain. The exterior branch of the Lin family stayed in this plain, where they grew spirit grains and vegetables, reared spirit beasts and did business.

If any of the main branch's children lacked talent, the subsequent generation would end up in the side branches.

If the children of the side branches were inept, they would end up in the exterior branches of the Lin family the next generation, becoming the grass roots of the Lin family.

A thriving and self-sufficient large family clan would need a large number of grass roots to provide them with the basic necessities of life.

When Yi Yun flew towards the Jade Spirit Mountain, he was extremely shocked seeing the Lin family.

The first thing he saw was the exterior perimeter of the Lin family area. There were numerous houses and palaces neatly erected on the plains. All of these buildings were made out of granite, which would remain steadfast for 100,000 years.

Buildings along with bricks and tiles stretched out endlessly into the horizon.

There were shops, a bustling city square, large areas of farmland and a wide open pasture...

Yi Yun previously found it hard to believe that a family clan’s size could reach such a scale.

"Right in front of us is the Jade Spirit Mountains. I'll take you there, and in the future, you will be my in-name disciple. When you see me, you need to call me master."

Su Jie chuckled while Yi Yun rolled his eyes. To call this old man master was such a joke. Does he even look like someone with the airs of a master?

They flew past stretches of mountains where fabulous palaces covered in mist stood on each mountain peak.

After seeing so much, Yi Yun felt numbed until he saw the 18 main peaks of the Jade Spirit Mountain.

The 18 main peaks were incredible tall and majestic. The clouds that covered the sky only covered the foot of the mountains.

When the airship began flying higher and higher, it broke through the white clouds, and what Yi Yun saw gave him an inexplicable shock. A 10 kilometer long head was floating in the clouds silently. When the airship Yi Yun was on flew past it, the huge head's large eyes that were the size of a lake stared at the airship.

The amber pupils of the pair of eyes were like towering trees. Above its head, there was a hill-like horn. Its body was covered in silver-white scales and each scale was about the size of a house.

In front of this gigantic head, Su Jie's airship looked like a minuscule bird.

Yi Yun was so shocked that his mouth turned agape. He looked at the back of the head and saw that behind the gigantic head, there was a huge silver-white body that resembled a python. It stretched out several hundred kilometers and it was extremely thick like a mighty river.

The huge python's body was coiled around the main mountain peak. The 100,000 foot mountain was wrapped by it from the foot to the summit.

"Haha, it's big, right? That is the Lin family's guardian spirit beast, the Dragon Transforming Silver Python. Spirit beasts are different to desolate beasts. A desolate beast's strength comes from the Power of Desolates, while a spirit beast's strength comes from Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. Just this guardian spirit beast takes up one of the 18 main peaks!"

Legend said that a Silver Python could transform into a dragon. First, horns were grown, then four claws. Following that, a heaven calamity would befall the Silver Python, and once it survived it, it could fly into the sky and become a real dragon!

Now this Silver Python had a single horn growing on its head, and it was on the path to transforming into a dragon!

Of course, it was still far from becoming a real dragon. However, it was still shocking!

The heritage of the Lin family was really terrifying.

The only huge beast at the same rank that Yi Yun had previously seen was the Shepherd Boy's Long Gui.

That Long Gui was not as long as the large Silver Python, but the Long Gui was most likely heavier than the Silver Python.

"These ancient family clans are indeed extraordinary. No wonder when the Shepherd Boy's army attacked, he did not manage to destroy the Shentu family clan..."

Yi Yun spoke to himself as Su Jie eavesdropped. He laughed, "After that battle, the Shentu family clan's standing has been greatly reduced. Originally, the Shentu family clan was pretty overbearing, but now with their Ancestor injured, they are seeking alliances with other family clans. For example, they wish to form an alliance with the Lin family."

"Oh? Form an alliance with the Lin family?"

Yi Yun frowned. This was something he did not wish to see happen.

"Haha, don't be alarmed. It is just wishful thinking on their part. Tens of thousands of years ago, the Lin family did form an alliance with the Shentu family clan, but as they had various conflicts due to different interests, you can say that they are hostile."

"After the beast horde 10 years ago, the Shentu family clan began to mollify the conflict with the Lin family in an attempt to build an alliance. If you were the family head, would you agree?"

Su Jie's rhetorical question made Yi Yun shake his head. Obviously, no one would agree to it.

When you were strong, you fought hard to vie for resources and suppress the Lin family. But now with the Ancestor injured, and your standing weakened, you want to mollify conflicts, and protect the interests at hand, how could there be such a good thing in this world?

If the Lin family was hostile to the Shentu family clan, it would be fine. Yi Yun would be much safer.

However, if the two sides formed an alliance, Yi Yun would have to consider going somewhere else.

"We are here!"

As Su Jie said, the airship landed on one of the 18 main peaks of the Jade Spirit Mountain.

There was a huge square built on the summit, and it was about a hundred acres in size. Bronze furnaces stood on the square. In the bronze furnaces, flames burned, emitting a fragrant smell, top grade sandalwood was being burnt in them.

"This main peak is specially for the Lin family's Desolate Heaven Masters to use. My house is at the foot of the mountain. Originally, Xintong also stayed on this mountain peak, however, I have no idea why that girl was summoned back by the family in such a hurry or for what..."

Su Jie rubbed his chin and was finding it strange. On the way, when he was nearing the Lin family, he had used a voice transmission charm to inform Lin Xintong of his return. However, there was no response.

Such situations were limited to Lin Xintong being away or she was in reclusive training.

Lin Xintong's standing in the Lin family was quite special. Although she was the most talented girl in over the past thousand years in the Lin family, due to her Yin Meridians, she was destined to not live beyond 500 years. Also, the higher her cultivation realm was, the harder the bottleneck would be.

There was nothing they could really do about it. As Lin Xintong was too perfect, and the Heavens were jealous, she was destined to have something taken away from her by the Heavens.

"Elder Su, you came back?"

When Su Jie walked out of the square, a person came welcoming him. When Su Jie flew into the Jade Spirit Mountains, the Lin family was informed.

Yi Yun looked at the person who was a middle-aged man. He was dressed like a steward, and he was probably an administrator of this main peak.

Yi Yun eyed the steward while the steward looked at Yi Yun, curious of Yi Yun's identity.

"This is an in-name disciple I took in." Old Man Su said it casually. When the steward heard this, he no longer paid attention to Yi Yun. Typically, a in-name disciple was not much different from a companion medicine boy.

"Is my room still there?" Su Jie asked.

"Elder Su sure likes to joke. Your room is definitely there and has been regularly cleaned." The steward hurriedly responded in a very respectful manner. "However, the courtyards beside Elder Su's residence have being occupied by some people..."

Just as the steward said this, a few people came walking over.

There was an old man dressed in green Desolate Heaven Master robes. Behind him were several young people who were most likely his disciples.

When the green-robed elder appeared, Yi Yun immediately held his breath.

This was because, he saw a very familiar logo on the elder's Desolate Heaven Master robe, the Shentu family clan's coat of arms!

Previously, when Yi Yun flew past the Shentu family clan's airship, Yi Yun had seen this coat of arms. Later on, when Shentu Nantian wanted to kill him and Jiang Xiaorou, this coat of arms was unforgettable for Yi Yun!

How could it be someone from the Shentu family clan?

Yi Yun's mind began churning as his expression turned ugly. Was it possible that the Shentu family clan had formed an alliance with the Lin family?

If that was the case, this was extremely bad news for him!

And if that was true, then he had to leave the Lin family immediately. He had to go as far as possible before the Shentu family clan discovered him!

Yi Yun hid behind Su Jie's back and lowered his head slightly, hoping the other party would not notice him. He never expected such an unforeseen situation would happen. If not, he would have gotten Su Jie to help disguise him!

However, it was not easy to deceive such people with disguise techniques. If it was not well done, then it be giving himself away by such an conspicuous act, resulting in more suspicion!

"This Shentu family clan old man can't know me. He probably doesn't know the feud between me and Shentu Nantian in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. As long as I don’t attract attention to myself, I should be fine..."

Many thoughts flashed past Yi Yun's mind. As he calmed his mind, his expression returned to normal.

"This is..." Su Jie also frowned. He had never expected to meet someone from the Shentu family clan. Also, from the steward's attitude, he was extremely friendly to these people. Was an alliance really formed? What was the Lin family's family head thinking, why did he form an alliance with the Shentu family clan now!?

Similarly, Su Jie did not have a good impression of the Shentu family clan. When you were strong, you plundered everything, but when your family clan's Ancestor was injured, you want to form an alliance, how could there be such a good thing in this world?

"Elder Su, let me do the introductions. This is Elder Shen Tu, who is a guest of the Lin family. The Shentu family clan's have extraordinary accomplishments in the Desolate Heaven technique. And Elder Shentu is an even greater expert at the Desolate Heaven technique!"

After that, the steward turned around and introduced Su Jie to the green-robed elder, "This is Elder Su, who is also a top Desolate Heaven Master. With the two of you staying together, you can learn a lot from each other in the future."

The steward clearly did not take notice of Su Jie's attitude as he introduced him eagerly.

Su Jie did not like the Shentu family clan, as for Elder Shen Tu, he too did not have a good impression of the Lin family's Desolate Heaven Masters.

People in the same line were enemies. When two top Desolate Heaven Masters gathered together, neither would accept the other, and there was always a need to compete.

The Shentu family clan's Desolate Heaven technique level was always better than the Lin family's.

This made the Desolate Heaven Master in the Shentu family have a superiority complex. However, under such a situation, Su Jie's reputation in the Tian Yuan world was bigger the green-robed elder, which made him unwilling to accept it.

Besides, they came to the Lin family under the orders of the family head. Other than showing they meant well, the Shentu family head had also said that they were to demonstrate the heritage of the Shentu family clan's Desolate Heaven technique to convince the Lin family of their greatness.

This would aid them greatly in what they wanted to do.

For this, the Shentu family clan had prepared a lot and failure was not an option.

So be it for personal or official matters, the green-robed elder wanted to vie with Su Jie.

The green-robed elder glanced at Su Jie and said, "You are Su Jie? I've heard of you. People have given you the nickname, 'Sacred Hands Su'! I have always wanted to meet you!"

The green-robed elder came straight to the point and the first words he said to Su Jie indicated his intentions to challenge him.

"It's just some praises by martial arts practitioners. You can't treat it seriously." Su Jie casually replied, but the green-robed elder clearly was unsatisfied with Su Jie's attitude as he said, "Praises? Then, is it right to say that Elder Su thinks he does not live up to the name?"

Su Jie chuckled, "Why? Are you planning on stealing that nickname from me? Speaking of this, who are you? I have never heard of you before..."

Su Jie was not someone to be messed with either. Su Jie was not afraid even though this green-robed elder was so testy in their first encounter.

"Heh!" the green robed elder sneered. He did not respond to Su Jie's words and instead tilted his head to look at Su Jie's back, before saying lightly, "Is that your disciple behind you?"

The green-robed elder's gaze landed on Yi Yun as he sized him up.

Yi Yun tensed up and began swearing in his mind. How did he gain the attention of the old man when he was lacking so much in presence!?

Not only did the elder notice him, even the young men, who looked like disciples, behind the elder had all looked at Yi Yun. Their gazes were filled with provocation as if they wanted to compete with him.

Master against master, disciple against disciple.

Yi Yun really felt speechless. He had decided, "If the Lin family has formed an alliance with the Shentu family clan, then I'll immediately leave the Lin family. As for the provocation from these people, I can't even be bothered with them. If I did, then I'll definitely lose my life."

"Interesting, we will meet again very soon. We shall see who has the real qualities!"

After the green-robed elder said this, he brought his disciples to walk past Su Jie. As those young people walked, their gazes were still pinned onto Yi Yun. From their looks, they were clearly hoping to fight it out with Yi Yun, and then brutally beat him up.

"Kid, my name is Shentu Guang, remember it well!"

As they walked, a youth about the same age as Yi Yun left his name.

Yi Yun could not be bothered with such a trivial person. His only current thought was the possibility of the Lin family and the Shentu family having formed an alliance.

Only after those people left did Su Jie ask the steward beside him in a sullen manner, "Why are the people from the Shentu family clan here? Has the Lin family formed an alliance with the Shentu family clan?"

When Su Jie asked this, Yi Yun also held his breath. This was very important for himself.

Author's Note: 4000 character chapter. This sequence of events was foreshadowed when 300,000 characters (approximately Chapter 11x) were written. I've finally reached it.

True Martial World - Chapter 374: Tian Yuan World

After taking Yi Yun in as an in-name disciple, Su Jie did not immediately rush to the Tian Yuan world, instead, he searched around the Cloud Wilderness. He wanted to find the people who had previously entered the mystic realm with him. However, those people had disappeared.

This made Su Jie sigh. Amongst those people, there was Marquis Wenyun, Li Wenyun, who was an old friend of his.

He and Li Wenyun had traveled the Tian Yuan world together and explored numerous mystic realms until Li Wenyun was conferred the title of Marquis in the Tian Yuan world. As for Su Jie, he had been made a guest Desolate Heaven Master in the many large factions in the Tian Yuan world. The both of them were quite successful.

And because Marquis Wenyun was injured, and due to his old age, he had returned to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom for his retirement. As a result, they had not met each other for several hundred years until the Purple Clouds' Birth two years ago. Marquis Wenyun had then invited Su Jie to explore the mystic realm, but who would have guessed that this mystic realm was a forbidden land.

Su Jie guessed that it was a land with ancient seals. As for what was sealed within it, he had no idea.

After Su Jie entered the mystic realm, he was quickly separated from his old friend. Later on, he ended up being trapped in the purple seal and only just managed to escape.

As for whether his friends were alive or not, Su Jie had no way of knowing.

"Let us go!"

Su Jie sighed. When one’s cultivation level reached a realm like his, it made life and death no longer be that big of a deal after having lived for tens of thousands of years.

Yi Yun remained silent. At that moment, he did not know what to say.

Su Jie took out an airship from his interspatial ring. After he activated the array, the airship shot up into the sky.

They then flew towards Tian Yuan, and even though there were several long distance teleportation arrays on the way, it would still take them several months.

On the way, Su Jie stopped every now and then. When he did, he got to learn many things.

Last night, there were many placed in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, the Yun Long Divine Kingdom and the surrounding small countries where purple beams had shot up into the sky.

And amongst those beams, the Divine Wilderness's purple beam was the most terrifying. It looked like a path to the sky and illuminated the world around it. It was especially stunning.

After the purple beam, the Purple Clouds' Birth appeared in the Divine Wilderness. The area it covered was much wider than the Purple Clouds' Birth that occurred in the Cloud Wilderness back then.

As such, Su Jie also came to understand that the mystic realm he had entered back then had something to do with the phenomenon he saw the previous night.

Not only the Cloud Wilderness had a mystic realm, there were mystic realms in several other places as well. And these mystic realms were all connected to one another.

The Desolate race had done something unknown in the Tai Ah Divine City to set off this phenomenon. Even several mystic realms, millions of kilometers away, had been activated, responding from afar.

And it too was the cause of the purple beam that shot up to the sky from the mystic realm that had trapped Su Jie. As the purple seal disappeared, he was freed.

As for the Shepherd Boy, he had saved Yi Yun in the Chu Prefecture City and then left him in the Cloud Wilderness. After that, he rushed to the Tai Ah Divine City to prepare matters regarding the phenomenon.

By activating this phenomenon, Su Jie was released and met Yi Yun, who was also in the Cloud Wilderness and had been lured there by the purple beam.

All of these incidents seemed both likely, and unlikely, to be mere coincidences.

…

The airship traveled at a fast speed while Yi Yun stood quietly beside the airship's window. The airship traversed past vast lands of wilderness and forests until it arrived over a sea.

Yi Yun had naturally seen the sea in his previous life. However, the sea Yi Yun had seen was completely different from the sea he saw in this world.

The sea in his previous life frequently had storms. Even if there was no wind, there would always be undying waves.

However, this sea was completely different. It was too calm. There was not even the tiniest wave, the calmness of this sea made it seem eerie.

And the seawater was light red in color. It was the color of blood mixed with water, which was quite shocking.

"This sea is called the 'Untraversable Sea'" Su Jie said behind Yi Yun. "The reason why it is called the 'Untraversable Sea' is that no one has ever crossed it. Although we are currently flying above it, what we are seeing is just a small section in the middle of the straits between the Divine Wilderness and the Tian Yuan world."

"Going north, it will really be an Untraversable Sea. This sea is boundless without end. It is also dead still and has very little marine life in it. There are some mutated desolate beasts lurking deep in the Untraversable Sea. The rank of these desolate beasts is hard to estimate. Even if it was me who entered the depths of the Untraversable Sea, I would still find it very dangerous."

"Previously, there has been a Great Emperor from the Human race who tried to fly across the Untraversable Sea to figure it out. However, as he flew for seven to eight years, the further he went, the thinner Heaven Earth Yuan Qi became. Without Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, even a Great Emperor will slowly weaken. Eventually, he had no choice but to turn back midway…"

As Su Jie spoke about the legends of the Untraversable Sea, he added, "South of the Untraversable Sea, there is a land bridge that connects to the Divine Wilderness. As for countries like the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom and the Yun Long Divine Kingdom, they are situated on this land bridge…"

When Su Jie said this, Yi Yun was alarmed. It was now clear why the Shepherd Boy wanted to destroy the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom to connect the Divine Wilderness and the Tian Yuan world.

It was hard to imagine how big the Divine Wilderness was. The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, which was millions of kilometers in radius, was just a part of the land bridge that connected the Divine Wilderness with the Tian Yuan world.

En route, Su Jie told Yi Yun about several rumors regarding this world. As for the introduction of the Tian Yuan world, it shocked Yi Yun greatly.

The reason for the Tian Yuan world being called a "world", and not the Tian Yuan continent, was because the Tian Yuan world was very different from the area where the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was situated.

Although the Tian Yuan world and the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom were situated in the same world and were even connected by a large land bridge, the natural laws governing the Tian Yuan world and the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom were in fact very different.

The Tian Yuan world had its own independent system. In the Tian Yuan world, the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi was much thicker, but also much more violent. The Yuan Qi was not easy to control there. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

In the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, a warrior who could slash a sword Qi hundred feet out could only do so for fifty feet in the Tian Yuan world. It was the same with perception. Even a warrior who had opened Heaven's Eye would find that their perception of their surroundings would be much smaller in scope compared to when in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

"Why is there such strange laws?" Yi Yun found it hard to believe. How could there be such a huge difference in the same world?

"I do not know." Su Jie shook his head. "Actually, the Tian Yuan world did not exist from the beginning, it was formed later on. The spatial-temporal aspects of the Tian Yuan world are also much stronger than other places. The violent Yuan Qi also gives birth to much more valuable treasures."

"Over there, it is like a higher ranked world. Warriors who cultivate in the Tian Yuan world will bear the pressure from the Heaven Earth Yuan Qi over a long period of time. There are better resources and much better heritages. Hence, the Tian Yuan world is the core of Human warriors. There are many experts over there, experts which other lands cannot compare to."

"Like a land area like the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, once a family clan grows strong enough, they can establish a country and make themselves a royal household and rule their lands. However, that cannot happen in the Tian Yuan world."

"The Tian Yuan world has no countries as there are too many strong family clans. For example, a powerful family clan like the Shentu family clan are only able to occupy a small region."

"The competition between the large factions is intense. Hence, in the Tian Yuan world, we end up with a situation where we have multiple family clans. Many of the family clans would compete against one another for their own interests, but they can also form alliances through marriage."

"By splitting it in this way, where some live and some die, a new family clan will be born while an old family clan will perish. Some super family clans would be able to continue on amongst these battles. Their heritages are extremely profound, however, even such a family clan is not able to establish a country. Once you establish a country and try to make yourself emperor in the Tian Yuan world, then you will most likely be attacked by the other families."

With Su Jie's explanation, Yi Yun finally felt enlightened. So this was why… That was the reason why when the Tian Yuan world was mentioned, it would be the Shentu family clan or the Lin family, etc. The name of a family clan naturally sounds weaker than the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

However, in terms of strength, these family clans far exceeded the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

"Kid!" Su Jie patted Yi Yun on the shoulder and said, "The Lin family is situated actually very close to the Shentu family clan. These two families have been fighting against each other over the recent years. However, they had previously formed an alliance due to common interests. If you were to go to the Lin family, it will definitely be fun."

Su Jie said this half-jokingly but Yi Yun became speechless when he heard this. Before he had even begun his travels through the Tian Yuan world, he was already fated to experience challenges and hardships, but of course, this was also an opportunity!

"Look, the sea is beginning to become less calm. We are slowly approaching the Tian Yuan world."

Yi Yun looked down from the airship's window and saw that there were ripples in the red seawater that looked like sea waves.

"Below the Tian Yuan world, there is a large, black whirlpool named the God Burial Abyss! This name isn't without reason. If a god really went there, he would not be able to return."

"The God Burial Abyss is situated in the deep depths of the Untraversable Sea. The whirlpool is extremely terrifying and it is pitch black deep down. It seems like it is a spatial-temporal door to another world. It continuously engulfs seawater, but it is unknown where the seawater goes."

"The whirlpool has a terrifying suction strength. If a Great Emperor goes too close to it, he will also be sucked in. And once you fall into that seemingly endless abyss, there is no way of returning!"

"That is how the God Burial Abyss got its name!"

"As for what is in the God Burial Abyss, that is still unknown. We have no idea if those who have entered the God Burial Abyss are alive or dead."

"Some people believe that the God Burial Abyss is not some land of the dead, but a passage of no return. By passing through it, one would enter another alternate world. Hence, there have been some Great Emperors, who were nearing the end of their lives, who would enter the God Burial Abyss to probe it. They also wanted to see if it was some form of opportunity that could extend their lives."

When Su Jie said this, Yi Yun became greatly alarmed.

Untraversable Sea… God Burial Abyss…

Yi Yun's original impression was that a Great Emperor was an existence that was beyond one’s reach, but from what Su Jie just said, there were even mystic realms that Great Emperors were helpless against in this world.

This was the power of the Creator, or the natural laws, that made people have to respect it!

As the airship proceeded, the Untraversable Sea became increasingly rough. This was clearly caused by the God Burial Abyss. It was clear how frightening the huge whirlpool was to create such tidal waves.

And at that moment, through the sea fog, Yi Yun saw a towering cliff in the distance.

This cliff was 100,000 feet tall and was like a divine wall that stood in the middle of the sky and the sea.

"That is the Tian Yuan world! The Tian Yuan world is just above the God Burial Abyss. A portion of the land you see is floating above the sea surface. No one knows what sort of power is supporting the Tian Yuan world and preventing it from sinking…"

True Martial World - Chapter 373: Heading to Tian Yuan

In the last two years, Yi Yun had left the Cloud Wilderness and he had experienced a lot. Yi Yun's psychological state had changed greatly especially after the bitter experiences he suffered through over the past few days.

Now, with him returning back to the Cloud Wilderness, and meeting Su Jie again, it felt like everything had returned to the beginning. It filled Yi Yun with mixed emotions.

"Kid, it cannot be that you never left the Cloud Wilderness?"

Su Jie blinked his eyes. He found it hard to believe that, after entering the mystic realm two years ago, he would meet Yi Yun again right after he came out!

"I left, but because of some reasons, I have returned." Yi Yun's experience was a long story. "What about Senior? Why are you still in the Cloud Wilderness? Did you just come out of that mystic realm?"

Before they separated in the Cloud Wilderness, Yi Yun knew that Su Jie had gone in search of fortuitous opportunities.

Hearing Yi Yun's question, Su Jie went into a daze for a while. He blinked his small black eyes and seemed to turn dumb.

However, he was still quick to react. He calmly touched his dirty beard and pretended to be mysterious, "Indeed, I had gone into a mystic realm. It was awesome, and there were plenty of fortuitous opportunities! In there, I gained a lot, but some of the opportunities were too difficult to obtain. I tried all sorts of methods, resulting in me being delayed by a bit."

Uh…

Hearing the words of Old Man Su, Yi Yun was stunned for quite a while. This old man still bragged well, even in such a pathetic state. Only a ghost would believe him!

However, since Su Jie did not want to mention the mishaps in the mystic realms, Yi Yun did not probe further.

"Kid, you were in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's Jin Long Wei campgrounds, so why did you come out to the Cloud Wilderness? To do a mission?"

Old Man Su looked at Yi Yun from top to bottom. Actually, Yi Yun was not looking great at present. After being locked in prison for ten days, his clothes had become covered in dirt and they were completely tattered.

With the two of them together, it was as if an old beggar had met a young beggar.

"It is a long story. I am leaving the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom." Yi Yun sighed.

"Leaving the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom? That cannot be…"

Old Man Su was stunned. In Yi Yun's situation, joining the Jin Long Wei and using the Jin Long Wei's resources to cultivate would be the best of outcomes. Why did he suddenly want to leave the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom?

"Oh? How did you… break through to the Yuan Foundation?"

Su Jie found it incredulous that Yi Yun's cultivation level had already crossed the Purple Blood realm, breaking through to the Yuan Foundation in just two short years.

The Yuan Foundation realm was the most important realm for a warrior's path. It was the foundation of martial arts and should not be rushed.

"Breaking through too soon results in a shaky foundation. It will cause hidden consequences." Su Jie advised Yi Yun. As he wanted to say some more, a sudden "Gu" sound was heard. It was Su Jie's stomach calling…

Yi Yun was dumbfounded for a while as he looked at Su Jie. He found it amazing that an expert like Su Jie would be so hungry that his stomach growled.

Su Jie's face turned red. It was all because of that darn mystic realm. After being trapped for so long, and being isolated from Heaven Earth Yuan Qi, he still needed the energy to sustain his life no matter how high his cultivation level was.

In that mystic realm, Su Jie only depleted energy. As such, he had no way to abstain from eating or drinking. Furthermore, Su Jie was originally a person who loved eating. Over the last two years, he had become extremely hungry.

In the mystic realm, he had decided that if he was able to get out, the first thing he did would be to eat a sumptuous feast.

Now, whatever Old Man Su saw looked like roasted meat. He rubbed his belly and coughed dryly, "The mystic realm was fraught with danger and it was thin in Yuan Qi. This old man has greatly expended his energy, and all his elixirs were consumed, so I am a bit hungry…"

Yi Yun found it funny, but he resisted the urge to expose the old man. He began collecting firewood to light a fire.

Thirty minutes later, a fire began to burn as a crackling sound could be heard from the burning wood.

A greasy leg of a beast was being roasted over the fire. Beside the fire, there was a crock pot that brewed bone soup.

Old Man Su watched at the meat in Yi Yun's hands. He rubbed his hands and asked, "Is it done roasting?"

Old Man Su had already asked this question several times. It was as if Yi Yun was seeing an old refugee. Helplessly, he took out a dagger and sliced off the cooked meat from the exterior parts of the beast leg. He then passed the meat along with the dagger to Old Man Su.

With the roasted meat in his hands, Old Man Su could not help but rip out a piece and fill his mouth.

The moment he bit down, the meat that was soft on the inside and crispy on the outside filled his mouth with oil. It was so delicious that he even wanted to swallow his own tongue.

After being trapped for so long, finally being given new life and eating roasted meat that had been absent from his life for so long, Old Man Su was truly in tears.

This was life. This was how one should live! No matter what darn mystic realms there are in the future, I would rather die than enter them!

As Old Man Su shouted out in his heart, he voraciously ate the meat.

He nearly thought that he would die of hunger in that mystic realm. Even with his cultivation level, he would slowly weaken if he had to stay in such an environment for a few decades. He would then have to enter a state of hibernation.

If no one saved him by taking him out of it, then he would never wake up.

"I say, kid. Why are you leaving the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom? Where are you going?"

Old Man Su casually asked Yi Yin while he was focused on destroying the roasted meat in his hands.

Yi Yun sighed and said, "I have nowhere to go…"

"Oh?" Su Jie was stunned for a moment. He knew something was unusual. Since Yi Yun had nowhere to go and had to leave the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, then he was probably forced to do so.

"You got chased out by the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom?"

Yi Yun smiled bitterly and said, "You can say that…"

After thinking through his words, Yi Yun narrated the main points of the recent events to Su Jie.

As for matters regarding Jiang Xiaorou, Yi Yun did not wish to mention much regarding those. Su Jie was after all, human, he might have some hatred for the Desolate race, so Yi Yun did not wish to mention matters regarding Jiang Xiaorou.

"The Shentu family clan? That is a family clan in the Tian Yuan world… To offend the Shentu family clan, that sure is not a good situation to be in…"

Su Jie wiped the oil off his mouth and looked at the roasted meat in his hands. He then looked at Yi Yun and with a roll of his eyes, he said, "Kid, if you have nowhere to go, why not follow me?"

Su Jie did not care about the feud Yi Yun had with the Shentu family clan. What he cared about was being able to eat the roasted meat Yi Yun cooked daily.

Eating was the most important thing in life.

"Follow you?" Yi Yun looked up at Su Jie, "Where are you going?"

Su Jie smiled with a "Hehe" and said, "To the Lin family to look for my disciple! Speaking of which, the Lin family is also in the Tian Yuan world."

Find Lin Xintong?

Yi Yun's mind began churning as a white dressed figure, holding a long sword, appeared in his mind.

He had not seen Lin Xintong for a long time…

Su Jie finished his roasted meat and, as if it ought to be, took the uneaten roasted meat in Yi Yun's hands, before munching on it as well.

His mouth was filled with meat as he unclearly said, "The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom is my hometown, so I brought Xintong here for training. Xintong's family is actually in the Tian Yuan world."

"What you call the Tian Yuan world is the Western Regions. And in fact, that is the central lands of the Human race. There are all sorts of powerful family clans gathered there as well as numerous experts! In comparison, this place is just a remote place in the east. How about it? Kid, do you want to broaden your horizons with me in the Tian Yuan world?"

Su Jie's words were tempting for Yi Yun.

The Tian Yuan world, the central lands of the Human race!

With more experts, it meant there would be greater opportunities for him there.

If he went to the Tian Yuan world, then his growth would be even faster, and his horizons would broaden.

Of course, he would be closer to the Shentu family clan. Eventually, he would collide with them!

Against such a colossus entity, Yi Yun's strength was incomparable. However, he felt the fighting spirit within him silently rise.

He had sworn to kill Shentu Nantian, making him pay ten times the price.

The Tian Yuan world would be his opportunity and would be a tremendous challenge.

To the Tian Yuan world? Thinking about it made Yi Yun's blood boil.

At that moment, Su Jie added on, "This old man has the official title of a guest in the Lin family with little else to do. Usually, if there is nothing, I too would not go to the Lin family. However, in this trip to the mystic realm, I have expended too much, so I will need to recuperate in the Lin family for a while. You can follow this old man. I will make do and take you in as an in-name disciple." Su Jie said casually.

When warriors taught disciples, there were personal disciples, normal disciples, and in-name disciples. Without a doubt, in-name disciples were the worst.

A lot of the time, in-name disciples was just a title, as nothing would be taught to them.

This was similar to a warrior having a quasi-master.

Yi Yun rolled his eyes. This old fellow clearly had no intentions of taking him in as a disciple.

Even if it was an official disciple, I might not even want it!

Yi Yun had such thoughts.

Su Jie could read Yi Yun's mind as he moaned, "Rotten kid, you sure think highly of yourself. In the Tian Yuan world, I am a famous Desolate Heaven Master. There are tons of young masters of different family clans who want to be my in-name disciples. You should be happy that I am taking you in as a disciple!"

Taking in Yi Yun as a quasi-disciple was just a sudden whim Su Jie had. If he took in such a disciple, then he would get to eat all sorts of good food daily, wouldn't that be a good deal?

As for teaching Yi Yun the Desolate Heaven technique, Su Jie never thought of it. After all, learning the Desolate Heaven technique was too tough. Those who had the talent needed were less than one in a million.

True Martial World - Chapter 372: Seal

In the vast Divine Wilderness, at the Tai Ah Divine City.

In the gray night sky, the Shepherd Boy had just landed in the divine city like a wisp of green smoke.

"Lord Qing Kui, Grand Magus Xuan Yin requests your presence as soon as possible."

A Desolate race warrior, dressed in light armor, bowed to him as a form of salutation as the Shepherd Boy landed.

Qing Kui was the Shepherd Boy's real name. When he traversed the human countries, he had never used his own name, hence the humans only called him Shepherd Boy.

Qing Kui nodded and walked towards the Tai Ah Divine City's central divine tower.

When he entered the central divine tower, Qing Kui walked straight underground, only stopping when he finally reached the sword and saber tombs.

Now, the sword and saber tombs looked completely different. If the Tai Ah Divine City's City Lord was here, he would be inexplicably surprised.

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom had used the sword and saber tombs as the foundation for the Tai Ah Divine City. They had used the divine city for several years, but every generation's City Lord never knew that the sword and saber tombs hid such a secret.

Now, the two tombs had been opened.

Below the sword and saber tombs, a huge, black, spatial dimension had appeared. This space seemed to lead to an infinitely deep abyss. On the surface of the deep abyss, there was a light purple whirlpool which was slowly swirling.

Qing Kui stood before the whirlpool with a serious expression.

"Do you need to rest for a while? Your condition is not very good."

At that moment, an old woman with a walking stick made of peach treewood appeared behind him.

"Xuan Yin, you have worked hard. You have been taking care of this place during the days I was not here." The Shepherd Boy said to the old woman. "I do not need to rest. On the way back, I took some medicine. My injuries have basically recovered, and I have once again managed to suppress the Death Heavenly Revolution in my body."

"Qing Kui..." The old woman shook her head. "This time, you went deep into Tai Ah alone, and you battled the Shentu family clan alone. This was too risky. If anything happened to you, it would greatly impact our plans!"

"I am cognizant of that."

The Shepherd Boy answered simply as he was reluctant about making a fuss of the matter. "Let us begin!"

"Good!"

As Grand Magus Xuan Yin said that, she stood opposite the Shepherd Boy. They hovered in the air and below their feet was the black swirl below the sword and saber tombs.

...

That night in the Divine Wilderness, across the vast land, a divine purple beam shot up into the sky. This divine purple beam was like a huge divine sword that shot upwards to split apart the nine heavens!

This divine beam lasted for longer than several hours and lit up an area of 50,000 kilometers in radius.

Even those in the remote Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, on the Divine Kingdom's boundary, could see this divine beam surging into the sky. It connected the heaven and earth like a path to reach the divine realm of the nine heavens.

Only when the Sun rose from the East did the divine beam slowly weaken before disappearing completely...

After the divine beam disappeared, an infinite amount of purple clouds gathered together.

There were more and more purple clouds gathering, in the end, the entire Divine Wilderness was covered.

In the boundary of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, people were shocked speechless upon seeing such a phenomenon.

Endless amounts of purple clouds covered a radius of 50,000 kilometers, obscuring the sky and covering the earth, it was an extremely spectacular sight!

"Purple Clouds' Birth, it is the Purple Clouds' Birth again..."

In a border city of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, an old man dressed in a dragon robe was filled with mixed emotions upon seeing this scene.

The dragon robe he wore was made of black gold threads, embroidered into it was nine golden dragons. All the nine golden dragons had 5 claws.

The nine five-clawed golden dragons combined to represent the imperial throne.

He was the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's current ruler, the Divine Emperor!

The Tai Ah Divine City had fallen and the beast horde was about to flood into the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. The Divine Emperor had personally come to fight against the beast horde. He and the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's Sages were all situated in the Divine Kingdom's border city.

However, after the Shepherd Boy led the beast horde and took over the Tai Ah Divine City, he did not carry on moving South. Instead, he stayed in the Tai Ah Divine City for a long time.

It was only until today that a purple beam shot up into the sky. Purple Clouds' Birth!

The old Divine Emperor thought of the scene that had happened two years ago in the Cloud Wilderness.

The purple clouds that covered the sky blotted out the Cloud Wilderness. Back then, the upper echelons of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom thought that it was the birth of a special treasure. They had sent the Jin Long Wei to search for it. Even their national treasure, the Tai Ah Compass was used. However, they still returned empty handed.

Once in the Cloud Wilderness and once again in the Divine Wilderness. The two Purple Clouds' Births were separated by two years, and this naturally had a connection that no one knew of!

The Divine Emperor looked into the distance. His gaze pierced through the endless lands of the Divine Wilderness. It seemed like he could see the ethereal image of the Tai Ah Divine City...

"Purple Clouds' Birth… it turns out to be related to the Desolate race. Two years ago, when I first saw the Purple Clouds' Birth, I never expected that it was because of them..."

"It is such a joke that I thought a special treasure had appeared in the Cloud Wilderness, and even deployed troops to search for it. In the end… Hai!"

The old Divine Emperor let out a long sigh and kept shaking his head. He could feel a sense of lifeless in the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's fate. Could this Divine Kingdom, which had been passed down for such a long time, eventually fall under his hands?

The Purple Clouds' Birth appeared in the Divine Wilderness. Far away, in the Cloud Wilderness, Yi Yun was alone.

The Divine Wilderness was too far away so he had no idea what was happening there.

He was currently planning his own future.

He wanted to leave the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

North of The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom was the Divine Wilderness, to the East was the Cloud Wilderness. To the West was the Yun Long Divine Kingdom and in the South were the 10 Southern countries.

Yi Yun was now in the Cloud Wilderness, east of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. He wanted to leave the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom as fast as possible. He could only head into the deep depths of the Cloud Wilderness, because if Shentu Nantian used some method to find him, he would definitely die.

The Cloud Wilderness may not be as vast when compared to the Divine Wilderness, but there was nearly no one in the deep depths of the Cloud Wilderness.

Yi Yun did not know what he would meet if he kept heading deeper into the Cloud Wilderness.

And if he really crossed the Cloud Wilderness, what scene would he see on the other side?

Would there be other human countries there? If so, would those countries be stronger or weaker than the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom?

This route would definitely be fraught with danger. Yi Yun also had no idea of how vast the Cloud Wilderness was. It might take him a year, however, this was also a training experience for him.

He needed to rapidly increase his own strength. He needed power!

The Shepherd Boy had said that Humans and Desolates have different paths. If he had absolute power, then he could set the rules himself. So what if Humans and Desolates had different paths?

Just as Yi Yun was planning his future, he suddenly saw a purple beam fly up into the sky, far into the distance. The ground then began to gently rumble!

This purple beam shot straight into the clouds. It was blinding and did not dissipate for a long time.

Yi Yun thought for a moment, what was going on?

After hesitating slightly, he began to rapidly move towards the blinding purple beam.

On the way, Yi Yun controlled his breathing as he kept himself on alert of his surroundings.

For there to be such a sudden phenomenon might be a fortuitous opportunity. It could also be an immense danger. Now, he lacked strength, and from how powerful the purple beam seemed, any tiny bit of danger from it could be too much for him. If that was the case, then he had to quickly leave.

After running for a long time, Yi Yun suddenly heard a loud boom. In a distant mountain valley, the ground exploded. Yi Yun then saw a human figure, shooting out from the pile of rocks on the ground.

This figure had dishevelled hair and a dirty face, his clothes were tattered and he looked like a beggar.

Yi Yun quickly hid. As he focused on it, he saw that the figure that had appeared was an old man.

This old man seemed crazy, as if he had been greatly provoked. As he ran, he cursed, "*****, this damn place, it is killing me! Really killing me!"

"After being trapped in there for so long, I have finally come out! It really was not ***** easy!"

As the old man cursed, he casually wiped his face. However, his hands were originally blackened, so he only dirtied his face even more. This wipe only made his old face even uglier.

However, even so, after he wiped his face, Yi Yun could still see it clearly...

That familiar face and those wretched facial features...

This old man, wasn't he Su Jie?

Old Man Su!

When Yi Yun was cultivating in the Cloud Wilderness's Lian tribal clan, he had met Lin Xintong and Old Man Su.

Old Man Su was miserly and greedy for food. He never seemed decent, but he had given Yi Yun a protective charm. In Fallen Star Gate, Yi Yun had used that protective charm to get out of the jaws of danger, killing the Golden Crow species instead. If not for it, he would probably have died in Fallen Star Gate.

Later on, during the Jin Long Wei's selection, Yi Yun had met Old Man Su once again in the Tao tribal clan. Old Man Su had said that he was going to explore some mystic realm, and with Lin Xintong saying she had some family matters to tend to, they bid farewell with each other.

As such,, they had not seen each other since the three of them split up.

Surprisingly, today he actually met Su Jie again in the Cloud Wilderness!

And it could be seen that this old man had gone through a miserable period.

Yi Yun hid behind some rocks. However, after Su Jie ran a few steps, he suddenly felt something and discovered Yi Yun.

Yi Yun decided to just stand up.

When Old Man Su saw Yi Yun, he was stunned.

Yi Yun was now much taller than he was 2 years ago. Although his looks had slightly changed, Old Man Su could still recognized him in a glance.

Can there be a mistake, it is this kid?

Old Man Su had estimated that he had been trapped in that darn mystic realm for two years.

In those two years, he had been locked in a purple seal. He had tried all sorts of methods but failed to break through the seal.

This seal could isolate Heaven Earth Yuan Qi and at the same time, gathered the Power of Desolates.

As such, there were extremely rich Power of Desolates in the seal, but extremely thin Heaven Earth Yuan Qi. For a person like Old Man Su, he could choose to not eat a long time ago, and did not need food or drinks to survive, however, he could not go without Heaven Earth Yuan Qi.

Without eating and without any Heaven Earth Yuan Qi to absorb, Old Man Su had nearly become a flickering candle in the wind over the years.

He originally thought that he had failed miserably at an easy task, but he never expected that the purple seal would suddenly turned into a purple beam and surged into the sky, that was until it disappeared today. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

As such, he finally managed to get out of that mystic realm!

Then, under such circumstances, he saw Yi Yun.

After being trapped for two years, and managing to finally come out, how could he see Yi Yun? According to Old Man Su's estimation, Yi Yun should have long since have been admitted by the Jin Long Wei, and should have left the Cloud Wilderness after that, right?

"How is it you?"

Su Jie and Yi Yun said that at the same moment. The two of them had never expected that they would meet each other here.

True Martial World - Chapter 371: Humans and Desolates have different paths

Yi Yun flew behind the Shepherd Boy for an unknown period of time.

While flying, Yi Yun did not find the speed to be fast, nor did the wind, blowing at him, feel forceful. In fact, it could be said to be gentle.

However, the scene of the ground beneath him was quickly changing, as if space was being distorted.

"Senior Shepherd Boy, where is my sister?" Yi Yun could not help but ask after flying for two hours. He was currently most worried about Jiang Xiaorou's whereabouts.

The Shepherd Boy did not respond until he landed Yi Yun on the top of a mountain. Looking around, it was desolate lands and canyons. There were several hundred meter tall ancient trees around, towering into the sky.

Yi Yun recognized that this was the Cloud Wilderness!

Standing on a mountain peak of the Cloud Wilderness, the strong winds blew coldly. Yi Yun brushed away the hair that had covered his eyes, and cupped his hands, "Senior Shepherd Boy, Yi Yun will remember the debt of you saving me. I will definitely repay you in the future!"

The Shepherd Boy was silent and had his back facing Yi Yun.

Yi Yun hesitated for a while before asking again, "Senior, I want to ask… Where is my sister?"

The Shepherd Boy looked at the endless expanse of land from the mountain peak as he said calmly, "You do not need to remember this gratitude, neither do I need you to repay this gratitude. I saved you because I agreed to Her Grace's request, as for Her Grace, she has promised under certain conditions. So, you do not owe me anything."

"Now, I have saved you, and you can leave…"

Leave?

Yi Yun's eyebrows ticked. How could he leave just like this? He had not even seen Jiang Xiaorou.

"Senior, I wish to meet my sister," Yi Yun said earnestly.

The Shepherd Boy sighed and shook his head, "The Human race and the Desolate race were originally two separate worlds. There is animosity between the two. You do not need to meet Her Grace, besides… She is not your sister. The fate between the two of you shall end here…"

Hearing the Shepherd Boy's words, Yi Yun's heart tightened. Will their fate end?

He and Jiang Xiaorou had relied on one another along the way, going through thick and thin together. However, now with the Shepherd Boy's simple words, their fate was ending?

"Senior Shepherd Boy! If it is as you said, that the Human race and the Desolate race are two completely different worlds, and my fate with her has come to an end, then I want to meet my sister once and hear it from her. If she too thinks that our fate has ended, then I will leave immediately and never again interfere with her life!"

Yi Yun said those words in a deep voice. He did not believe that Jiang Xiaorou would feel like their fate had ended. The relationship between Jiang Xiaorou and him could not be compared to the relationship between Jiang Xiaorou and the Desolate race which she had not interacted before.

The Shepherd Boy turned around and looked at Yi Yun. His hair was flying in the wind as his eyes looked deep like the ocean, "You do not need to meet her, neither will she meet you. This was promised by her at the beginning. It is also one of the conditions I had for saving you."

What?

Hearing this, Yi Yun felt his heart suddenly wrench.

Jiang Xiaorou had gotten the Shepherd Boy to save him under such conditions.

Although he guessed that his sister's status among the Desolate race was phenomenal, she had no strength. She would be restricted in the many things she wanted to do…

Without any questions, when Jiang Xiaorou pleaded the Shepherd Boy to save him, she must have agreed to several conditions.

"What else has she promised?" Yi Yun asked. The Shepherd Boy's words made him feel somewhat depressed.

"As for the rest… they deal with her cultivation and the Desolate race… These things, you do not have to know, nor do you need to worry about them. Although the things I made the Her Grace agree to are things she is not willing to do now, it is all for her own good. It is also for the Desolate race's future. Humans and Desolates have different paths, so it is best that you forget her!"

"Let me give you another word of advice. Quickly grow up. The peaceful years might not last for long. The next time we meet, we might be enemies."

When the Shepherd Boy said this, he turned around and was about to leave. Yi Yun shouted from behind him, "Hold on!"

"What else is there?"

The Shepherd Boy's back faced Yi Yun as he had no intention to turn around again.

"The peaceful years might not last for long… Is your Desolate race going to go to war with the Human race?"

The Shepherd Boy said, "Not necessarily, but… it is possible that we have to."

"Originally, destroying Tai Ah was the prelude to this battle. The orders from the Lord was to make a way through Tai Ah, Yun Long, and the other surrounding countries so that the Divine Wilderness would annex the territories of those countries, leaving the Divine Wilderness to spread all the way to the Tian Yuan world. The Tian Yuan world is also what you call the Western Regions."

"However, by accident, we found Her Grace and are no longer in a hurry to do so. Besides, Her Grace is kind, she does not wish to see Tai Ah turn into a river of blood…"

Open up the Divine Wilderness all the way to the Tian Yuan world?

When Yi Yun heard this, his mind trembled. Yi Yun did not know of the Tian Yuan world. Originally, Tian Yuan was the center point of a Go board. With Yuan marking the beginnings or the origins.

It seemed that the Tian Yuan world was the center of this world. As for the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, it was a country that was far from the world's center. As the Tian Yuan world was to the West of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom would generally call the area the Western Regions.

As for the Divine Wilderness, it was situated to the north of the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. If the Shepherd Boy set off a beast horde and swallowed the entire Tai Ah Divine Kingdom, then all the cities would turn into ruins. The land would become the land of the desolate beasts. Then the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom would really become a part of the Divine Wilderness!

If the Divine Wilderness and the Tian Yuan world were connected, then, with the Divine Wilderness as the base, the Desolate race could set off a beast horde to attack the Tian Yuan world directly.

And the Shentu family clan was located in the Tian Yuan world!

Yi Yun knew that the Desolate race had a feud with the Shentu family clan. Previously, the Desolate race had set off a beast horde in a bid to destroy the Shentu family clan, but they ultimately failed.

However, during that time, the Shepherd Boy had set off a beast horde deep within enemy territory, without backup. He could not rely on the Divine Wilderness.

If a channel to the Divine Wilderness was opened up, then there could be endless hordes of desolate beasts that could come from the Divine Wilderness, straight into the Tian Yuan world. When that happened, the outcome of the war would probably change…

"Can I know the identity of my sister? She was originally a high-ranking member of the Desolate race, yet she ended up in the Cloud Wilderness. Then how did Shentu Nantian recognize her identity with a glance? Why do the Desolate race and the Shentu family clan have such an irreconcilable feud?"

Yi Yun always wanted to know the secrets behind this matter and understand Jiang Xiaorou's childhood.

However, the Shepherd Boy had no intention of explaining. He lightly said, “You do not need to know."

After he said that, the Shepherd Boy flew away.

His green figure quickly disappeared into the night, leaving Yi Yun standing on the high mountain. He was currently lost in thoughts.

The Shepherd Boy had left. The desolate plains were quiet. Only the sound of the wind could be heard. Yi Yun was for a while, confused.

Although he had escaped danger, he had not managed to meet Jiang Xiaorou. In the future, it would be extremely difficult to meet her again.

If they met again, she was one of the Desolate race, while he was of the Human race, what would happen?

He naturally could not return to the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom. So, where should he go?

The Divine Wilderness… With his strength, it was unlikely that he could cross it. Then… Should he cross the Cloud Wilderness?

For a moment, Yi Yun did not know where he should go.

He was urgently in need of improving his strength.

…

After separating from Yi Yun, the Shepherd Boy flew extremely fast.

His goal was the Tai Ah Divine City.

To save Yi Yun, he had been delayed for too long. He had even been wounded.

While flying, the Shepherd Boy suddenly felt something in his mind. A distant voice rang in his mind. The message was short. It said.

"The seal has diminished. Slow down."

The Shepherd Boy took a deep breath when he heard that the seal diminished. In his eyes, which had always seemed carefree, a rare glimmer of expectation and hope now appeared.

It was finally beginning. Everything was going according to plan.

And an unexpected surprise was the return of Her Grace.

Her Grace, who had disappeared for several years, had not died. With this, maybe he could be able to open up a new era for the Desolate race!

True Martial World - Chapter 370: Finally Leaving Tai Ah

The divine lights of the laws began to slowly fade in the vast sky. The arm of the galaxy once again began to shimmer in the sky, and now, the entire Chu Prefecture City was in complete ruins. With the Chu royal residence as the core, it seemed to have been attacked by a terrible storm. All the nearby buildings had completely collapsed, while the Chu royal residence had been reduced to dust, not even leaving behind any wreckage.

The Shepherd Boy stood under the bright moon, holding the Illusionary Bone sword in one hand and the bamboo flute in the other.

A breeze blew, fluttering his green clothes. His elegance and talent seemed peerless.

His pair of eyes stared at the Shentu family clan Elders. That deep stare seemed to resemble the endless starry sky above his head.

"He's injured, and should be very seriously injured at that. He should be on the verge of his limits!"

"Ignoring the Death Heavenly Revolution left in his body, even the wound on his chest has been infected by toxins. He is bleeding black blood!"

The Shepherd Boy's condition was clear to everyone, but even then, no one dared to go forward.

The Shepherd Boy had previously killed 6 of the Shentu family clan Elders, and then the Myriad Empyreal King. This was too great a shock for them. Furthermore, every time they thought they could kill him, they were killed by him instead!

Hence, even if they knew that he had damaged his life force, none of the Shentu family clan Elders dared to make a move.

Even Elder Su and Elder Mo did not go forth. The pressure was too great.

Maybe if they all piled on, maybe then they would be able to prevent the heavily injured Shepherd Boy from leaving. However, there was no doubt that they would only be left with a few people in the end. They might even all die together with the Shepherd Boy.

No one was willing to make such a sacrifice.

At that moment, people saw that a black mist was emerging from the 10 claw wounds on the Shepherd Boy's chest.

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

After the black mist left the wounds, it burned in the air, quickly being reduced to ash.

When people saw this, their hearts tightened, "He is using the Power of Desolates to force the toxins out of his body!"

"This is not good, we cannot let him force the poison out. If he completely recovers, we will be even less of a match for him. We might even all die here today!"

The Shepherd Boy was unexpectedly healing himself in the air, completely ignoring them. This made many of the Shentu Elders aggrieved. It was as if they did not exist.

They knew that if they did not attack the Shepherd Boy now, they would lose their greatest advantage in battle.

However, no one dared to make a move against him. Everyone knew that the first few who went forward would definitely end up dead.

While they looked on, the black mist being emitted out of the Shepherd Boy increased, with a "Chi Chi Chi" sound, a pure white flame started to burn on the Shepherd Boy's chest.

If this went on, they would not stand a chance if they only remained motionless!

"Si!"

The Illusionary Bone sword flashed a cold beam. Under the moonlight, the white bone sword the Shepherd Boy held looked like an elephant’s white tusk.

"What do we do?"

A Shentu family clan Elder asked Elder Su and Elder Mo.

Elder Su and Elder Mo's expressions were ugly as they felt irrevocably committed.

"What else can we do? We cannot really wait for him to recover and let him kill all of us? Let's protect the young master and leave."

Hearing Elder Mo's words, the Shentu family clan's other Elders felt aggrieved. Although they, in name, were leaving to protect Shentu Nantian, they were in fact, escaping.

They had the numbers advantage, and had even set up the Heaven Earth Empyreal Array. Even with the addition of the Myriad Empyreal King, they had still been sent scurrying away by the Shepherd Boy. This had turned into a huge joke.

However, now, if they did not take the opportunity to escape while the Shepherd Boy was still recovering from the poisoning, they had no other methods.

"Evacuate the Chu Prefecture City!"

When Elder Su said this, the Elders looked at each other and reluctantly accepted reality. They kept their guard up and retreated in the air bit by bit, to the point of them being several kilometers away. Only then did they take Shentu Nantian along with them to rapidly evacuate.

From the beginning to the end, the Shepherd Boy looked on indifferently. He did not attack again.

He was indeed on the verge of his limits. It was not because of the toxins from the Myriad Empyreal King, but because of the Death Heavenly Revolution left within his body by the Shentu Patriarch a decade ago!

Just now, he had used the blood of the Desolate race to kill the Myriad Empyreal King, but that had caused the Death Heavenly Revolution in his body to begin moving. He was almost on the verge of being unable to repress it.

Under this situation, if he had forcefully killed the Shentu family clan Elders, he would have to pay a terrible price. Not only would he have to enter a recovery phase again, but he would also have to hurt his life force.

If he really hurt his life force, then it would be very difficult to recover, even if he nursed himself back to health for decades.

...

"The Shentu family clan has retreated!"

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's warriors looked as the Shentu family clan retreated to a distance of tens of kilometers away from the Chu Prefecture City before they turned and fled. Soon, they disappeared into the night...

This scene made many of their hearts go cold.

The Shepherd Boy had sent the Shentu family clan running single-handedly. From the contents of their past conversations, the Shepherd Boy's strength did not decrease but actually increased, although he was hit by the Death Heavenly Revolution in the huge battle a decade ago!

As such, the Shentu family clan had severely underestimated the Shepherd Boy's strength.

The Tai Ah Divine Kingdom warriors were extremely nervous. They were afraid that the Shepherd Boy would suddenly attack them. If he was angered, the Chu Prefecture City would be pulled in. Once the huge slaughter began, only a few amongst them would live on.

It was a very easy matter for a Great Emperor to destroy a city.

However at that moment, the Shepherd Boy's focus was not on the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's warriors. After he forced out the last toxins in his body, he held the Illusionary Bone sword and hovered above the Heaven Earth Empyreal Array's core.

The Illusionary bone sent out 3 flashing beams, and these three waterfall-like sword beams streaked across the ground.

Chi La!

It was as if white lightning had struck. The Heaven Earth Empyreal Array's barrier violently trembled and completely burst open the next moment.

Following that, the Shepherd Boy sent out another slash. The Chu royal residence's chamber had been split open by his attack!

...

In the chamber, Yi Yun heard a rumbling of energy explosions. He looked up and saw a sword beam split open the chamber's dome. A ray of moonlight spilled down from the huge crack and into the dome, lighting up his face.

Ever since he was locked in the dark chamber, where day and night could not be distinguished, he had not seen the long-absent sight of moonlight.

And now, bathing in the moonlight, Yi Yun felt as if he had reincarnated.

He seemed to have died once in the past day ten days.

And today, he was reborn. He would make every effort to explore the highest realms of martial arts. He wanted to control his own fate, and control the fates of the people around him.

Under the moon, the Shepherd Boy's green clothes were stained with blood. He looked like a pristine piece of jade. noveltranslationweb.blogspot.com

With the Illusionary Bone sword in hand, he looked at Yi Yun without any emotions. There was no emotions in his voice as he said, "Follow me."

After saying that, the Shepherd Boy spoke no more. He turned around and left, not giving Yi Yun another glance.

Yi Yun felt an invisible force wrap around his body as his body began to fly.

Under the moon, the Shepherd Boy kept his sword in hand as he flew towards the starry sky. His black hair fluttered in the wind, giving him an extreme charm.

And behind him, Yi Yun was following closely behind.

The Shepherd Boy did not speak a word, Yi Yun too remained silent. He never expected that such a day would happen. He had been imprisoned by a large human faction, yet it was the Desolate race's Shepherd Boy who saved him.

Thinking back to the first encounter, of him meeting the Shepherd Boy in the Divine Wilderness, the Shepherd Boy was then riding a green cow, crossing the Blackwater Swamp. That scene seemed like a dream...

Back then, Yi Yun had never expected the Shepherd Boy to have such an identity.

The two of them flew silently, with one before the other. They slowly disappeared into the horizon, hidden by the bright light of the moon.

Only when the two of them completely disappeared did the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's warriors exhale.

The backs of many of them were drenched with cold sweat.

The Shepherd Boy had given them too great a pressure.

"Maybe we were too tiny, so the Shepherd Boy did not even bother killing us."

An old man smiled bitterly. The Shepherd Boy had passed by the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom and saved Yi Yun, those who were watching by the sides were probably nothing more than a bunch of ants to the Shepherd Boy. When a person encountered a group of ants while walking, except for naughty children, probably no one would purposely walk over to step the ants to death.

"He has saved Yi Yun, but Yi Yun has already become a cripple." A Human Lord sighed. Many people from the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom felt pity for Yi Yun. Many of them felt sorry that Yi Yun had been crippled.

"That might not be so! The Shepherd Boy's powers are godly. He might have a way to recover Yi Yun's cultivation!" Another Human Lord said.

However, many of them shook their heads when they heard it. "With the frost toxins in his body, and his meridians destroyed, who knows what sorts of treasures are needed to join back his meridians. Furthermore, ignoring the fact that the Desolate race might not use such treasures on Yi Yun, Yi Yun might also not be able to handle such medicine."

"Even if we took 10,000 steps back and all those conditions were fulfilled, and it great amounts of time will be lost to join back Yi Yun's meridians. And the meridians that are joined back might not be as good as they originally were. There might be some hidden injuries left behind. If that happened, then Yi Yun might only become a peak-Human Lord. Becoming a Sage would be difficult, let alone becoming a Great Emperor."

In the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom's history, there was no lack of geniuses who were peerless. However, due to sudden severe injuries, they bodies and talents were no longer the same after they recovered. Their cultivation was slowly caught up to by their peers, and finally their potential was exhausted, in the end they just vanished in the crowd.

There were too many examples of this. People suspected that Yi Yun would end up the same.

Just thinking about it made them sigh.

A proud son of heaven had fallen just like that. Although he was still alive, he had lost the halo around him.

The higher one fell from, the greater the tragedy.

One had to live on a grayed life in hatred and despair after suddenly losing everything overnight. For one, who was originally used to being cheered on by others and being admired by all around him, to carry on living in a weak state with all one’s powers gone, with no chances of revenge, death would probably be more than blissful.

"Everything is predestined. When the Shentu family clan came, we thought we had seen hope. However, who knew that such an outcome would occur. With them now retreated, who knows if they will return..." King Chu looked at the Chu Prefecture City's wreckage with a heavy heart.

Although they were extremely disappointed with the Shentu family clan and were very unhappy, the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom warriors still were still afraid that the Shentu family clan would just leave.

If the Shepherd Boy went back, he could likely make a return. He could then set off another beast horde and destroy the Tai Ah Divine Kingdom.

As for the Shentu family clan, although they were overbearing and cruel, they were at least on the side of humans.

To expect a bunch of tigers, leopards, wolves and other beasts of prey to help them, was a tragedy brought forth from their weakness...